NDLI: Group Types in E-Learning Environments -- Study Team, Working Team and Learning Team

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Feldmann, B.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Hagen, Hagen (Feldmann, B.)
Abstract	For the success of e-learning activities communication, collaborative and cooperative learning are important factors. The need for relationship building, sharing a sense of community and a common goal is an important factor not only in face-to-face but also in computer-supported cooperative learning arrangements. Therefore, a wide variety of groupware tools exists. Meanwhile, technical aspects of computer-supported learning are well documented. Also, there are evaluation results concerning psychological aspects in certain e-learning arrangements. These results mainly address only one or a small amount of selected e-learning activities, but not group processes and group types in a more general meaning. But to implement groupware tools, to analyse groups, and to arrange group settings in e-learning processes, it is important to know, which type of group should be addressed. In this paper, based on nearly ten years of experience with a wide diversity of different e-learning arrangements, theoretical and methodical aspects of three different group types in e-learning are identified and described in detail: Study team, working team and learning team. This provides an overview of the most important group types. The findings will then be exemplified and suggestions are given, which group type match with what purpose (e.g. networking, practical training, theoretical seminar, addressing large numbers of students in basic instruction courses, etc.).
Starting Page	376
Ending Page	380
File Size	6286129
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424404053
DOI	10.1109/ITHET.2006.339789
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-07-10
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Collaborative software study group Psychology Seminars Computer science Electronic learning e-learning learning group Education Feedback collaborative learning Collaborative work Internet Fellows
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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